Health Law

Arguably no other area of interdisciplinary law affects the daily lives of the general public and, in turn, your clients, more than health law. Moreover, healthcare has become big business with the rising cost of quality medical care, prescription drug coverage, and the need for long-term health care solutions for an aging population. Legal matters frequently arise from the denial of Social Security benefits to the maze of options available for small businesses that are required to provide healthcare insurance coverage to their employees. Click on the links below to also learn about how to better represent your clients seeking Medicare coverage or how to make your company’s health benefits work for its employees.

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Highlights of Utah Environmental Law

Environmental regulatory programs in Utah are administered primarily by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality ("DEQ"). DEQ administers environmental programs authorized by state statute as well as federal environmental programs for which the ...
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HIPAA Compliance and Prospective and Existing Clients

Professional Employer Organizations ("PEOs") often encounter health information pertaining to the employees of prospective clients, or to their co-employees. This article explores how HIPAA's new privacy rules impact PEOs both in the client in-take ...
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Home Health Agencies Learn That Nothing is Constant But Change

The year 1997 has been a busy regulatory year for home health agencies ("HHAs") that transact business with the Medicare program, and the trend promises to continue during 1998 and 1999. Owners and operators of HHAs should plan to keep their ...
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Hospital Liability for Failing to Comply with the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in Florida

In response to a number of widely reported horror stories about emergency rooms turning away seriously ill or injured patients who had no insurance and no money to pay for treatment, in 1986 the United States Congress passed what became known as ...
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Hospital Referrals to Home Health Agencies: New Restrictions

Adopting language introduced by Rep. Pete Stark (D-California), the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (the Act) includes several provisions dealing with hospitals' relationships with home health agencies. The Act significantly restricts a hospital's ...
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Hospitality Report FAX: Winter 1999

Current Opportunities For Hospitality Industry in Asia Hospitality Outlook in Europe Current Developments in Latin America John H. Steed The Asian economic crisis that began last fall, as well as Japan's lingering economic stagnation following ...
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Hospitals’ Duty to Report Patient Harm

Recent reports of horrible incidents at well-known hospitals in New York City have shaken the public's faith in healthcare, and for good reason. Two of the cases involved Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan: the now infamous incident last year ...
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Hospitals: Have You Checked Your Potential Outlier Payments Under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System?

The hospital outpatient prospective payment system ("HOPPS") provides for outlier payments to protect hospitals against significant losses if the Ambulatory Payment Classification ("APC") payment for a particular patient is much less (see below for ...
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Hospitals Not Immune To Y2K Bug

The Year 2000 (or "Y2K") computer problem has implications reaching far beyond computers. Y2K relates to the inability of most computers to process data information beyond December 31, 1999. Hospitals, clinics, home care providers, nursing homes and ...
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House Panel Explores Environmental Impact of Tax Code

The Michigan House of Representative's Environmental Tax Subcommittee (Subcommittee) recently issued an Interim Draft Report (Report) discussing the Subcommittee's efforts to make the Michigan Tax Code more environmentally sensitive. The ...
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